Adelisa Selimbasic

Meet Adelisa Selimbašić — an Italo-Bosnian artist whose practice unravels the quiet tension between feminine bodies and the identities they carry.

A gift for myself, Oil on Canvas, 2025

Adelisa earned her Master’s in Painting from the Venice Academy of Fine Arts in 2021. Now based in New York, she draws on scenes from everyday life to create a universe where feelings of inadequacy dissolve—replaced by raw, intimate explorations of femininity, sisterhood, and the human need for touch.

She has deepened her practice through residencies at Kates Ferri Project, Fountainhead, Fridman Gallery, ViaFarini in Milan, and the Centre pour l’art contemporain in Essaouira—each experience expanding her exploration of touch, intimacy, and collective identity.

Her recent solo exhibitions include The Space In Between at Tommaso Calabro Gallery in Milan, Dust Bunny at z2o Sara Zanin Gallery in Rome, and Why It’s So Difficult to Declare Yourself? at Ipercubo Gallery in Milan.

Her images linger in that space between closeness and distance, where bodies flow together and human complexities unfold. It’s here, in this quiet collision, that Adelisa’s art finds its power: bodies slip past the edges of expectation and into something freer, softer, and more honest.

Rooted in simplicity yet layered with metaphor, her images echo the fleeting familiarity of social media—faces left intentionally vague, sitters softly blurred until they slip free of labels. These anonymous figures merge into one another, transforming into generational archetypes that reveal stories we all know but seldom name aloud.

Adelisa’s Studio in Brooklyn, New York.

Her art has traveled through group shows from New York (People, Places & Things at Room57 Gallery) to Montreal (Soft Focus at Bradley Ertaskiran Gallery) and Los Angeles (Immaculate Heart of Margaritaville at Nicodim Gallery).

Adelisa is undoubtedly one to watch. Her work is deeply personal, beautifully executed, and entirely her own. With a rare combination of style and technical skill, she stands apart, and she's as kind as she is talented. I can’t wait to see how her practice evolves in the years to come.

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